Environmental radioactivity in the North Atlantic Region. The Faroe Islands and Greenland included. 1984

• Main Authors: Aarkrog, A., Boelskifte, S., Buch, E., Christensen, G.C., Dahlgaard, Henning, Hallstadius, L., Hansen, Heinz Johs. Max, Holm, Elis
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Risø National Laboratory 1985
• Subjects: Risø-R-528; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Faroes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/5fc193c4-2f00-435b-b2fd-d26ccb9e71f5; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/51693774/ris_r_528.pdf

Measurements of fallout radioactivity in the North Atlantic region including the Faroe Islands and Greenland are reported. Strontium-90 and cesium-137 was determined in samples of precipitation, sea water, vegetation, various foodstuffs (includinq milk in the Faroes) and drinking water. Estimates are given of the mean contents of 90Sr and 137Cs in human diet in the Faroes and Greenland in 1984. Results from samplings of surface sea water and seaweed in the Norwegian and Greenland Seas and along the Norwegian and Greenland west coasts are reported, beside radiocesium and 90Sr some of these samples have also been analysed for tritium, polonium plutonium and americium. Finally technetium-99 data on seaweed samples collected in the North Atlantic region since the beginning of the sixties are presented.